By examining genetic clues that linger in adult cells, scientists have now gained surprising insights into the developmental ...

In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like structure, from a single starting stem cell population and without direct genetic ...

Researchers have discovered a potential 'pause button' in the earliest stages of human development. Whether humans can control the timing of their development has long been debated. The new study ...

The next surprise was that human organoids just kept growing. Mouse organoids were done with making neurons within nine days. Human organoids continued for 200 days, growing into 4-millimetre spheres ...

A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over time, shifting with new experiences and as cognitive and emotional ...

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